I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Wise
Interview
I took an interview of Senior Software Engineer at Wise.
the process is following
1st: Recruiter round
2nd: Pair programming round
3rd: System Design round (and failed here)
4th: Product Interview round
5th: final round
I failed in 3rd round, but the overall experience was really good.
Everyone I communicated was supportive, and professional.
The coding round is Leetcode Medium level, but interviewer gives a hint if I struggled. so I didn't feel too difficult.
System Design round, I didn't have experience of this and it was tough. I reccommend you to prepare basic system design study. I got a Uber design question. Seems it is common problem in system design.
Will study more and try again in future.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Coding round : Somewhat leetcode medium level with I/O.
System design: design Uber system.
Chaotic, misaligned, haphazard. You name it. This process had all the worst parts of applying for a job.
I applied online in the first instance. Got through to screening with fellow potential team member. He didn't really know what they were hire for and was based in US. Seemed quite inexperienced.
Next interview was scheduled but the interviewers didn't share a link to join. They don't use a scheduling tool so you often get an invite with no meeting link. This also happened for my first interview. After chasing they said they'd get back to me to reschedule and that the team didn't know about the interview. Then as others have said... silence. Very strange and a waste of time preparing.
Since this experience I've been contacted by an external recruiter hiring for the same position wanting to put me forward. I've also seen that the role has changed 3 times since I interviewed.
This company seems very inexperienced and disorganised. Avoid until they start acting like a proper business.
I applied online. The process took 4 months. I interviewed at Wise (Tallin) in Jun 2024
Interview
They just ghosted me. I had communicated with a recruiter, then there was an online test (which I passed) and then a take-home assignment. It's been over 3 months since I submitted the assignment and they never got back to me.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
SQL, Python, Statistics, Data Analysis. The home task required some visualisations too.